Recent gastric-bypass patient succumbs to sepsis

A 35-year-old wife and mother of four minor children had recently undergone bariatric surgery involving the laparoscopic placement of a gastric band. Weeks later, following a vacation, she presented herself to the emergency department of a community hospital at approximately 2 a.m. with severe abdominal pain.
Upon admission, she had a distended abdomen and was hypotensive ...